God of the living and the dead in the otherworld

Motif

God of the living and the dead in the otherworld.

Mythological motifs. · Gods. · The gods in general. · Deity. · view the constellation · filed as A108

“The composition of the Ministry of Epidemics is arranged differently in different works as Epidemics (regarded as epidemics on earth, but as demons in Heaven) of the Centre, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, or as the marshals clothed in yellow, green, red, white, and blue respectively, or as the Officers of the East, West, South, and North, with two additional members: a Taoist who quells the plague, and the Grand Master who exhorts…”

— Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IX · served from our shelf

On our shelf — the index’s citations, resolved to served chapters

ChineseMyths & Legends of China, Chapter IXThompson cites: Werner 248.

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

ChineseWerner 248. → on our shelf: Myths & Legends of China, Chapter IX

Within the index

Filed under Deity.

1 finer motif beneath it

God of the dead

Filed beside it

Supreme god. One god chief of all other gods. (Often not worshipped as other gods are.)Characteristics of deity Father-god The making of gods Opposition of good and evil gods Gods of darkness and light. Darkness thought of as evil, light as good Deity: miscellaneous motifs

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Gods of the Quarters. A god or spirit for each of the world-quarters, north, south, east, and west God of healing Magic fan conquers enemy. (Cf. D1077.)Pursuit by magic fan. (Cf. D1077.)Magic object causes disease Person with half a body. As if body has been split in two

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